Hello List, I am thrilled to have found this list...(quite by surprise and accident)...I am hopeful this list covers the area of Shenandoah, PA. I am researching the family of GEORGE BUTKUS and CATHERINE (WHITE) BUTKUS. I know they were Polish speaking immigrants from Lithuania/Russia. I know they had a daughter named Ella BUTKUS on 24 April 1893 in Shenandoah, PA and that George was a coalminer. I have none of that verified...but have some papers indicating it's probably true as written. i.e. parents names on Ella's (later called Eleanor Margaret)SS application after seperating from her first husband. A census notation in 1920 that Ella's parents were Polish speaking and immigrated from Russia. I have been unable to find Ella's birth records in Schuylkill County as their records began in 1894. I believe the family was Catholic but St. George's Church does not have records and I never received a reply from St. Casmir's or St. Stanislaus. The coal miner's union did not keep records back that early. Can anyone suggest anywhere I might check for birth records for Ella BUTKUS...or any other records for this family to verify their residence in PA in the late 1890's? I've recently had New Castle suggested to me. I have not yet tried there. Thanks so much, Joanie